WALK UP
[TOP 탑]
Hong Sangsoo's second film of 2022 marked a return to his frequent use of unorthodox narrative structures. And this time, the structure is a literal one. WALK UP stars Hong regular Kwon Hae-hyo (in his ninth film with the director) as Byung-soo, a successful filmmaker who takes his daughter to meet an old friend, Ms. Kim (Lee Hye-young), in a small apartment building she owns. When Mrs. Kim invites him to move into the vacant top-floor apartment, the film swerves into gently surrealist territory, as each floor of the building comes to embody a different period in Byung-soo's life — or perhaps a series of alternate realities altogether. "A film of gently discombobulating pleasures," wrote Justin Chang in the Los Angeles Times, "constructed with a care and intricacy that never hinders the life, spontaneity and sense of possibility bursting out of every frame." It will leave you feeling like you've spent the afternoon polishing off a few bottles of wine with a group of good friends. (Note adapted from the National Museum of Asian Art.) DIR/SCR/PROD Hong Sangsoo. South Korea, 2022, b&w, 97 min. In Korean with English subtitles. NOT RATED
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Run Time: 97 Minutes
Opening Date: Sunday, May 12, 2024
Genre: Drama
